Hardy and full of vigor — drought-tolerant plants make a great choice for window boxes to add color, style and freshness into ...

Few plants flourish when temperatures stay above ... Sculptural agaves are succulents synonymous with Southwest and Mediterranean drought-tolerant landscapes. While they thrive in hot weather ...

Special to The Highlander Wondering how to start a lush landscape of foliage that can survive the harsh Texas weather?

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access ...

Early in my career, I realized that understanding how some drought-resistant plants tolerate extreme water loss could be of huge benefit, especially if we could mimic this in other crops.

Gold Medallion Tree (Cassia leptophylla). Fast-growing, with long-lasting fragrant, yellow flowers produced intermittently throughout the year. Evergreen. Grows 20-30 feet. Red Flowering ...

Colleen Dieter, a top gardening educator, is the speaker for the Highland Lakes Native Plant Society’s Chapter meeting ...

Increasingly, the trend is to plant more drought-tolerant species, most of which have light green, dull green or gray-green ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access deeper water reserves.

With a projected population of 10 billion by 2050 and serious freshwater depletion, developing drought-resistant crops is of paramount importance. Plants rely on their root systems, the primary ...